Did you ever notice how you have certain friends where you can pick up right where you left off, no matter how much time has passed? I’ve been thinking about this. What IS it that makes these friends so different? Why can rekindling some dormant friendships sometimes be tremendously awkward and awful, and yet others… Read More
Energy is CONTAGIOUS.
I love working with people, but sometimes it tries to eat me alive. I love to listen. I love to help. I love to troubleshoot and problem-solve and fix. I love to strategize with others, I love to create a plan of attack with a team, I love getting people excited to try and win. … Read More
“She failed the one hour.”
I overheard this sentence from the MAs at the desk outside my door as I sat on the table at my last OB appointment. “F*ck,” I thought. “Again?” This is my third time entering the third trimester of pregnancy. This is my third time taking the one hour glucose screening test for gestational diabetes. This… Read More
“Perfectionizing” the Comfortable
Going back to last Monday’s post about comfort versus risk in your career…I’ve been thinking a lot about this. Everyone, including me, *assumes* that comfort is the easier, more beneficial option. Especially as a working/involved mom/dad, there’s a lot to be said for the familiar. You know the schedule, you know the duties, you know… Read More
A Very Covid Pregnancy
So how HAVE we handled a geriatric pregnancy (I just LOVE that phrase!) during a global pandemic? Two words: very carefully! As a mama-to-be again, there are a lot of unknowns in the last year. The CDC has, at the worst of times, considered pregnant Covid risk to be right up there with the elderly,… Read More
LFG
How can you NOT be in awe of Tom Brady this morning? And, more importantly, INSPIRED by him? Admittedly, I am Team TB, and have been since he was my QB when I was still a student at UM. No player has contributed more to my love of sports, and especially football, than he has. … Read More